R v Hopkinson; R v Robertson [2022] NSWCCA 80

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: R v Hopkinson; R v Robertson [2022] NSWCCA 80 Hearing dates: 18 March 2022 Date of orders: 13 April 2022 Decision date: 13 April 2022 Before: Leeming JA at [1]; Rothman J at [11]; Hamill J at [169] Decision: The Court dismisses the appeal in each case. Catchwords: CRIME – Crown appeal against sentence – joint enterprise murder of minor by juveniles – alleged error in applying standard non-parole period – alleged failure to apply statutory aggravating features – alleged manifest inadequacy – statutory aggravating features not to be applied formulaically – no error disclosed – not manifestly inadequate in light of respective roles and subjective circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 (NSW), s 68A Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3A, 21A, 23, 44, 54A, 54B Cases Cited: Adzioski v R [2013] NSWCCA 69 BM v R [2019] NSWCCA 223 Borg v R [2019] NSWCCA 129 BP v R [2010] NSWCCA 159 CMB v Attorney-General NSW (2015) 256 CLR 346; [2015] HCA 9 Collector of Customs v Pressure Tankers Pty Ltd and Pozzolanic Enterprise Pty Ltd (1993) 43 FCR 280; [1993] FCA 456 Darcy v R [2019] NSWCCA 159 Director of Public Prosecutions v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 Hayek v R [2016] NSWCCA 126 Hili & Jones v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Hurmz v R [2017] NSWCCA 235 Kane v R [2021] NSWCCA 250 Kennedy v R [2016] NSWCCA 114 Leach v The Queen [2008] NSWCCA 73; 183 A Crim R 1 Lowe v the Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606; [1984] HCA 46 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 McKinley v R [2022] NSWCCA 14 Milat v R; Klein v R [2014] NSWCCA 29 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259; [1996] HCA 6 MJ v R [2010] NSWCCA 52 Postiglione v the Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295; [1997] HCA 26 R v Church [2012] NSWCCA 149 R v Ellis (1986) 6 NSWLR 603 R v LNT [2005] NSWCCA 307 R v Milat & Klein [2012] NSWSC 634 R v Robertson; R v Hopkinson [2021] NSWSC 861 Raad v R [2011] NSWCCA 138 Tassis v The Queen [2017] NSWCCA 143 Tepania v The Queen (2018) 275 A Crim R 233; [2018] NSWCCA 247 Veen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465; [1988] HCA 14 Wong v the Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584; [2001] HCA 64 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Crown (Applicant) Christopher Hopkinson (Respondent) Joel Robertson (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: B Hatfield (Crown) R Rodger (Respondent Hopkinson) N Adams SC with R Jankowski (Respondent Robertson)